'You can put her on any court and all she wants to do is win' "I really think she doesn't care what the crowd will do or say. I don't think she's ever cared about what people think' IMAGE: Maria Sharapova has a drink break during a practice session ahead of the 2018 Australian Open. Photograph: Michael Dodge/Getty Images. Former champion Maria Sharapova will not care less what reception she receives when she plays her first Australian Open match since completing a doping ban on Tuesday, ...

Order of play on the main showcourts, with IST timings, on the first day of the Australian Open on Monday (prefix number denotes seeding): Play begins at 0530 IST IMAGE: Rafael Nadal at a practice session at Melbourne Park on Saturday. Photograph: Scott Barbour/Getty Images ROD LAVER ARENA 7-Jelena Ostapenko (Latvia) v Francesca Schiavone (Italy) 5-Venus Williams (US) v Belinda Bencic (Switzerland) 3-Grigor Dimitrov (Bulgaria) v Dennis Novak (Austria) Not before 1300IST 1-Rafa Nadal ...

Embattled liquor baron Vijay Mallya, out on a 650,000-pound bail bond following his arrest by Scotland Yard over fraud and money laundering charges earlier this year, will return to the Westminster Magistrates Court in London on Monday as his extradition ...

Serena Williams dealt with serious health issues after giving birth to her daughter last September and the former world number one said on Friday that her status for the years remaining Grand Slams remains up in the air. Following the draw for this weeks Fed ...

Serena was drawn on Friday to play doubles in a potentially decisive fifth rubber in this week's Fed Cup first round tie against the Netherlands in what will be her first competitive match in over a year. The doubles rubber, which is scheduled for Sunday on an indoor hard court in Asheville, North Carolina, will be played even if one side clinches the best-of-five match series through the opening four singles matches. IMAGE: Serena Williams. Photograph: Scott Barbour/Getty Images Serena ...

Serena Williams has spoken out about the "ups and downs" she faced during her year away from competitive tennis but insists shes now focused and ready for her quest to once more dominate her sport. Speaking ahead of her comeback at the Fed Cup in Asheville, ...

IMAGE: Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark poses with the Daphne Akhurst Memorial Cup. Photograph: Clive Brunskill/Getty Images Caroline Wozniacki outlasted Romanian Simona Halep 7-6(2), 3-6, 6-4 in the women's singles final to win her maiden Grand Slam at the Australian Open. "I'm just taking a second to hug Daphne," a beaming Wozniacki said during the presentation ceremony as she tightly clutched the Daphne Akhurst Memorial Cup. "I've dreamed of this moment for so many years. Today is a ...

Images from the matches played on Day eight of the 2018 Australian Open at Melbourne Park on Monday IMAGE: Korea's Chung Hyeon celebrates winning his match against Serbia's Novak Djokovic. Photograph: Edgar Su/Reuters Six-time champion Novak Djokovic bowed out of the Australian Open in the fourth round as relentless South Korean Chung Hyeon ground him down to claim a stunning 7-6(4), 7-5, 7-6(3) victory on Monday. The 21-year-old Chung, ranked 58th in the world, proved an immovable ...